Speaking on CNN this morning, White House spokesman Josh Earnest called the kidnapping of an Israeli soldier, identified as Hadar Goldin, a “barbaric violation” of the 72-hour ceasefire that Israel and Hamas had agreed to. “That would be a rather barbaric violation of the ceasefire agreement,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest...

Hamas launched a major attack on IDF forces shortly after the American-sponsored 72-hour ceasefire took effect this morning, attacking an Israel position and reportedly kidnapping a soldier. Two additional soldiers were killed. The New York Times reports that as Israeli troops were preparing to destroy a terror tunnel, an activity allowed for...

Today was the twenty-fourth day of Operation Protective Edge and the thirteenth day of ground operations in Gaza. Breaking: Secretary of State John Kerry announced that Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire to go into effect shortly. A source in the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office confirmed late Thursday that...

Three Israeli troops were killed and another fifteen where wounded on Wednesday by explosions inside a booby-trapped health clinic operated by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), an incident that seems set to fuel a growing debate over the degree to which the UN organization has been complicit...

Admittedly we did not discover this in a secret archive in Gaza City or Doha. But the events of recent weeks have laid bare what appears to be a remarkably consistent effort on the part of one of the world’s most brutal terrorist organizations to defeat the Jewish state in...

A report on CNN’s Situation Room last night, seen in the video embedded below, illustrated the overwhelming support Israelis show for Operation Protective Edge. The support is shown by publicly displayed signs and by food that is prepared by ordinary citizens and delivered to the troops. It is also shown in...